Fastening device.



PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

C. G. MEGRUE.

FASTENING DEVICE.

APPL'IOATION FILED MAR. 23, 1906.

Enron.

OONDUCE G. MEGRUE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed March 23. 1906. Serial No. 307573.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CoNDUoE G. MEGRUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is especially adapted for securing articles such as pocket and memorandum books, pens and pencil holding cases &c. in the pockets of coats, vests and other garments, but is also applicable to many other uses such as a, supporter for drawers or hose, a necktie holder or cuff holder &c.

My improved fastening device consists of a stationary member and a movable or clamping member pivotally connected with a spring located between the two members performing the two-fold function of normally holding the free end of the clamping member in a raised position, and of receiving and clamping an article between itself and the stationary member; and I employ a lever to close the device and hold it in such position.

The stationary member and the clam ing member are each formed from a b ank stamped out of sheet metal and bent up to shape.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the device of my invention clamped to a pocket. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the pocket and article to be secured therein being in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the fastening device alone and in an open position; Fig. 4 is a plan of the upper or clamping member as a lank stamped out of sheet metal, and before being bent into shape, the dotted lines indicating the bends to be made. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the other or stationary member, Fig. 6 is a separate view of the lever before being bent into shape, and Fig. 7 is an elevation of the spring detached.

All the figures of the drawing are on an enlarged scale for clearness.

In Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown the device attached to a pocket book d and clamped within a pocket 6.

a designates the stationary member; it is provided with upturned ears 0/ near one end and at opposite sides, there being a hole 2 in each ear; it is also provided with prongs 3 extending in the same direction as the ears; this member and all its parts are cut or stamped as a single piece out of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 5.

b designates the upper or clamping member; it is provided with downturned ears 4 each having a hole 5 therein to be engaged with the ears (1 on the stationary member a by means of a pivot pin 6. The free end of this member b is bent at right angles or nearly so to adapt it to press firmly upon the material 6 to which it is clamped, and preferably has the edge of the bent over end toothed; the other end of this member I) is reduced in width and slightly depressed, there being a slot 7 therein.

A spring 8 is employed with two coils around the pivot in 6 and having an arm 9 preferably eXten ing the full length of the member a, and being spread and looped at its free end. From the ends of the coils of the spring 8 project two short arms 10 which bear upon the inner surface of the clamping member I). I make use of a manually operated bent lever comprising a long arm 0 and short arm 0 and the same passes through the slot 7 in the rear and depressed end of the upper or clamping member I), there being shoulders 11 upon said lever to prevent its further passage through the slot 7.

The stationary member a has a tapering prolongation a, at its rear end which part a forms a bearing for the short arm 0 of the lever while the long arm 0 of the lever lies above the surface of the movable member I).

In assembling the parts the long arm a of the lever is passed through the slot 7 in the rear end of the clamping member I) and the two members a and b are then fastened together by the pivot pin 6, its ends beifig upof the spring 8, and themember a; the prongs 3 gripplng or penetrating the material, and the tension of the spring being sufficient to firmly hold the clamp device to the article.

When the long arm 0 of the lever is pushed forward toward the clamping memberb, the

short arm 0 slides rearward upon the prolon- 110 gation a of the stationary member a forcing the rear end of the clamping member 11 away from the stationary member, thus bringing the bent over and toothed forward end of the clamping member I) in contact with the article to which it is desired to be clamped, and at the same time more firmly clamping the device to the material which had previously been inserted between the arm 9 of the spring 8 and the member a.

The .outer surface of the clam ing member I) may, if desired, be ornamente asshown in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention:

1. A fastening device consisting oftwo members pivotally connected, one member being movable and the other stationary, a spring located between the two members and performing the two-fold function of normally holding the free end of the movable member in, a raised position, and of clamping an article between one of its arms and the stationary member, and a lever to close the other member and hold it in such position.-

2. A fastening device consisting of two members pivotally connected together near one end, means located between the two members by which their free ends are normally held apart and by which means an article may be clamped between it and one of the said members and a lever for closing the other member and holding it in such ,position.

3. A'device for securing such articles as memorandum books in the pockets of articles of apparel, comprising fixed and movable members pivotally connected near one end, a spring located between said members having one long arm by which the book or other article may be clamped between it and the fixed member, and a short arm by which the free end of the movable member is normally held away from the fixed member, the

.member, and short arms by which the free end of the movable member is normally held away from the fixed member, the free end of the movable member being adapted to extend over the edge of a pocket in an article of clothing, and a bent lever extending through the slot in the rear end of the second member, with its short arm acting upon the reduced portion at the rear of the stationary member to force the free end of the second member against the pocket and clamp and hold the same thereto when the long arm of the lever is pushed forward.

5. A fastening device comprising stationary and movable members with ears, a pivot pin connecting the same in a hinged relation,- a lever at one end for operating and apply-- ing clamping force to the movable member and an interposed loop spring with coils about the pivot pin, and free ends tending to raise the movable member and the loop overlying a free end of the stationary member under tension of the coils. v

6. A fastening device comprising stationary and movable members with ears, a pivot pin connecting the same in a hinged relation, a lever at one end for operating and applying clamping force to the movable meInher and an inter osed loop' spring spread at the loop end wit coils about the pivot pin,

and free ends tending to raise the movable member and the loop overlying a free end of the stationary .member under tension of the coils, and prongs rising from the stationary member at the loop end of the spring.

Signed by me this 21st day of March 1906,

CON DUGE, G.- MEGRUE.

Witnesses: GEo. T. EINOKNEY, ELIZABETH ZAGHARIASEN. 

